Анна Кареніна

Chapter 27

           HestucktoitthattheRussianpeasantisaswineandlikesswinishness,andthattogethimoutofhisswinishnessonemusthaveauthority,andthereisnone;onemusthavethestick,andwehavebecomesoliberalthatwehaveallofasuddenreplacedthestickthatservedusforathousandyearsbylawyersandmodelprisons,wheretheworthless,stinkingpeasantisfedongoodsoupandhasafixedallowanceofcubicfeetofair.

           “Whatmakesyouthink,”saidLevin,tryingtogetbacktothequestion,“thatit’simpossibletofindsomerelationtothelaborerinwhichthelaborwouldbecomeproductive?”

           “ThatnevercouldbesowiththeRussianpeasantry;we’venopoweroverthem,”answeredthelandowner.

           “Howcannewconditionsbefound?”saidSviazhsky.Havingeatensomejunketandlightedacigarette,hecamebacktothediscussion.“Allpossiblerelationstothelaborforcehavebeendefinedandstudied,”hesaid.“Therelicofbarbarism,theprimitivecommunewitheachguaranteeforall,willdisappearofitself;serfdomhasbeenabolishedthereremainsnothingbutfreelabor,anditsformsarefixedandreadymade,andmustbeadopted.Permanenthands,day-laborers,rammersyoucan’tgetoutofthoseforms.”

           “ButEuropeisdissatisfiedwiththeseforms.”

           “Dissatisfied,andseekingnewones.Andwillfindthem,inallprobability.”

           “That’sjustwhatIwasmeaning,”answeredLevin.“Whyshouldn’tweseekthemforourselves?”

           “Becauseitwouldbejustlikeinventingafreshthemeansforconstructingrailways.Theyareready,invented

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